Service comparison

CockroachDB vs. PlanetScale

CockroachDB vs. PlanetScale — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 12 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

CockroachDB

cockroachlabs.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  98.75%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  4
  
  4 major · 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  2h 49m
- Longest outage
  
  20h 3m
View status page →
PlanetScale

planetscale.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  98.66%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  8
  
  5 major · 3 minor
- Median resolution
  
  57m
- Longest outage
  
  20h 49m
View status page →

Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	CockroachDB	PlanetScale	Δ
Last 24 hours	93.75%	100.00%	-6.25 pp
Last 7 days	99.11%	100.00%	-0.89 pp
Last 30 days	99.22%	99.94%	-0.72 pp
Last 90 days	98.75%	98.66%	+0.09 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (CockroachDB minus PlanetScale). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

CockroachDB

4 total

4 major 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  2h 49m
- Longest outage
  
  20h 3m
PlanetScale

8 total

5 major 3 minor
- Median resolution
  
  57m
- Longest outage
  
  20h 49m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

CockroachDB
- Sep 17
  
  Connection attempts failing for multiple Basic tenants in GCP South America (southamerica-east1).
  
  1h 30m
  
  Major
- Sep 1
  
  Cloud Latency, Delays, Connection Issues
  
  4h 8m
  
  Major
- Aug 4
  
  Cluster connectivity and execution issues
  
  20h 3m
  
  Major
- Jul 12
  
  Cluster Creation Failure
  
  1h 16m
  
  Major
- Jun 9
  
  Unable to accept invites
  
  36m
  
  Minor
View all incidents →
PlanetScale
- Sep 5
  
  Connectivity issues with Vitess databases in GCP
  
  14m
  
  Major
- Sep 2
  
  Dashboard and API 500 errors for postgres databases
  
  10m
  
  Major
- Jul 24
  
  Insights metrics underreporting
  
  3h
  
  Major
- Jul 20
  
  Insights metrics underreporting
  
  20h 49m
  
  Minor
- Jul 18
  
  Connectivity issues in us-east-1
  
  32m
  
  Major
View all incidents →

Bottom line

CockroachDB wins

CockroachDB edges out on 90-day uptime.

CockroachDB posted 98.75% vs. 98.66% for PlanetScale (Δ +0.09 pp). Incidents: 4 vs. 8 (-4).

Also compare

Other CockroachDB comparisons

Where would your uptime rank against CockroachDB?

Pulsetic is website uptime monitoring. Every number on this page came from its checks. Aim one at a website you run and build a 90-day record.

10 monitors free, email alerts on failure and recovery. No credit card.

Measure Yours